Rodeo Man by Margaret Watson

Author:Margaret Watson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2011-06-10T00:00:00+00:00

The ringing of the telephone pulled her out of a deep sleep. As she reached for the receiver, she remembered that it was Saturday. Three days since Grady had discovered the truth about Cassie. Three days, and still she hadn’t heard a word from Grady.

It was her Saturday off, too, she remembered as she heard Stella’s voice in her ear.

“Sorry to bother you, Dr. Johnson, but there’s an emergency at the Flying W, and I thought you would want to know.”

Becca struggled to shake off the haze of sleep. “What kind of an emergency?”

“Tucker said one of the cows was down, and someone needed to come right out.”

She sat up in bed, pushing her hair out of her eyes. “Can someone else handle it?”

There was a delicate pause on the other end of the line. “Well,” Stella finally said, “Dr. O’Connor’s out at the McAllister ranch at the other end of the county, taking care of a horse with colic. And Dr. Pickett has a full waiting room here and he’s working on a dog that’s been hit by a car. But I’m sure one of them could make time to get out to the Flying W.”

“Never mind, Stella. I’ll take care of it. Tell them I’ll be there as soon as I can.”

She hung up the phone as she swung out of bed. As she headed for the bathroom, she ran a mental inventory of the drugs she had in her truck. Fortunately she’d replenished her supply just the other day, so she should have whatever she’d need.

As she hurried down the stairs a few minutes later, she called out to Cassie, “Honey, have you had breakfast? We need to get you over to Laura’s because I have an emergency call.”

Cassie appeared in the doorway, her face a study in disappointment. “We were going to take a picnic and go for a hike today, Mom. Remember?”

“We’ll still take our hike. We’ll just get started a little later.”

Suddenly Cassie beamed at her. “I can’t go over to Laura’s today. She was going to Cedar City.”

“Are you sure?” Becca asked, her stomach clenching with anxiety.

Cassie nodded vigorously. “She told me all about it. Jenny and Todd were real excited, too.”

“Maybe you could stay with Amy.”

Cassie shook her head. “She and her mom went somewhere real early. I saw them leave.”

Becca sank down onto the stairs. “Then what are we going to do?”

“I could come with you,” Cassie said hopefully. “I’ll be real good and stay in the truck.”

Becca pulled her daughter over to her. “You’re always good when you come with me, honey. I know you’ll behave. But I might be there for a while. I don’t know what’s wrong with the sick cow.” And she didn’t want Cassie anywhere near the Flying W right now. She hadn’t heard a word from Grady since she’d told him about Cassie.

“Please, Mommy?”

She didn’t have a choice. She could have asked another neighbor, but it would involve explanations and talk that would take too much time.

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